This is an analysis of the poem Priorities To Keep As They Are Kept that begins with:

I don't care what that's about.
To argue what it shouldn't be....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXab aaXccXd deaacbdc aecXdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 01010100 110111 01011110 11010 11 1111010110 111010 110 1011101 00101111 1110001010 11 1110011010 0110101 111101 11101 111010 00101 01011001 101000110 111011011010 11100110 10011101 11010111110 1111010100 10100011111 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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